LDD Partners: About Us

WHO WE ARE

LDD Partners is a collaborative group of highly-experienced business professionals dedicated to helping our clients solve business challenges. Each member of our team brings unique talents and experience to the table, and the synergy of these diverse skill sets is integral to our success. Having worked closely together for many years, the LDD Partners team is proof that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

LEADERSHIP

Ron Heffernan, President & CEO

Ron is an experienced leader with a history of entrepreneurial success and the strategic vision needed to transform companies by fully articulating strategic initiatives that add value throughout every level of the organization. Prior to founding LDD Partners, Ron served as President and CEO of Alternet Services, an equipment maintenance service contract provider, and founded Argos Technologies, a network security company that provided security compliance consulting and managed services to health care organizations, federal government agencies, and financial services companies.  

Previously, Ron served as Executive Vice President and Board Member at Bridgeline Software [NASDAQ: BLSW], an award-winning developer of web application management software and Interactive Business Technology Solutions. From 1994 to 2000, Ron founded and served as President and CEO of Lead Dog Design, a boutique graphic design firm that served numerous Fortune 500 clients including McGraw Hill, The Bank of New York, and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. Under his leadership, Lead Dog experienced 100% growth every year for three straight years and expanded into an award-winning full service web development provider, earning Ron prestigious recognition as one of Ernst & Young's top entrepreneurs. After Lead Dog Design was acquired by Iconixx Corporation, one of the top ten largest media development firms, in March 2000, Ron served as Iconixx Vice President of the Northeast Region before spearheading the reacquisition of Lead Dog Digital and serving as its President/CEO and, ultimately, its Chairman.

While working at Lead Dog Design, Ron also founded Meditrade, a successful medical supplies import/export company. He began his career with sales positions at Olympus Medical, Circon/ACMI, and Pitney Bowes.

Ron holds a B.A. in Economics from the State University of New York at Albany and completed various Executive Education classes through The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.